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en-usMedical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Juvenile inmates have more mental health hospitalizations, study findsDepression, substance abuse and other mental health problems account for a much larger share of hospital stays for children and teenagers in the juvenile justice system than for other hospitalized adolescents.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-juvenile-inmates-mental-health-hospitalizations.html
Psychology & PsychiatryTue, 21 Jul 2015 06:07:42 EDTnews356677645Am I fat? Many of today's adolescents don't think soAdmitting that you have a weight problem may be the first step in taking action, but a new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that an increasing number of overweight adolescents do not consider themselves as such.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-fat-today-adolescents-dont.html
Overweight and ObesityTue, 14 Jul 2015 13:12:25 EDTnews356098336Adolescent lifestyle not strongly tied to later muscular pain(HealthDay)—Adverse health behaviors in adolescence are only moderately associated with later musculoskeletal pain in adulthood, according to a study published in the June issue of Pain Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-07-adolescent-lifestyle-strongly-tied-muscular.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesMon, 06 Jul 2015 14:10:01 EDTnews355406769Adolescents uncertain about risks of marijuana, e-cigarettes, study findsTeenagers are very familiar with the risks of smoking cigarettes, but are much less sure whether marijuana or e-cigarettes are harmful, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-adolescents-uncertain-marijuana-e-cigarettes.html
PediatricsTue, 23 Jun 2015 08:00:02 EDTnews354263696Current BMI tests underestimate obesity in teens with disabilitiesNew approaches, based on body mass index (BMI) or other simple measures, are needed to improve assessment of obesity in adolescents with physical disabilities, reports a paper in the American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the official journal of the Association of Academic Physiatrists.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-current-bmi-underestimate-obesity-teens.html
Overweight and ObesityTue, 09 Jun 2015 12:31:36 EDTnews353071888Brain injury researchers find retrieval practice improves memory in youth with TBIBrain injury researchers in New Jersey have identified retrieval practice as a useful strategy for improving memory among children and adolescents with traumatic brain injury (TBI).http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-12-brain-injury-memory-youth-tbi.html
NeuroscienceWed, 03 Dec 2014 16:51:25 EDTnews336847875Parents' perception of teens' experiences are related to mental healthAdolescents whose parents better understand their daily experiences have better psychological adjustment, suggests a study in the October issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-parents-perception-teens-mental-health.html
HealthTue, 14 Oct 2014 13:08:14 EDTnews332510882Pregnant women with psychiatric conditions require higher doses of neurolepticsThe new generation of neuroleptics for psychiatric conditions has the advantage over older medications of fewer adverse side effects. An investigation into their effectiveness in pregnant women has now discovered that higher doses are needed during pregnancy to maintain the desired effect.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-pregnant-women-psychiatric-conditions-require.html
Psychology & PsychiatryThu, 09 Oct 2014 08:00:02 EDTnews332058593Death of a parent during childhood is associated with greater mortality in early adulthoodExperiencing the loss of a parent during childhood or adolescence is associated with a greater risk of mortality, according to a study published in this week's PLOS Medicine. The study, conducted by Jiong Li and colleagues from Aarhus University in Denmark, finds that individuals who lost either a mother or a father during childhood had a greater risk of mortality in the years following the parent's death compared with people unaffected by parental death during childhood.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-death-parent-childhood-greater-mortality.html
HealthTue, 22 Jul 2014 15:18:18 EDTnews325261082Teen dating violence cuts both ways: One in six girls and guys are aggressors, victims or bothDating during the teen years takes a violent turn for nearly 1 in 6 young people, a new study finds, with both genders reporting acts like punching, pulling hair, shoving, and throwing things.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-teen-dating-violence-ways-girls.html
PediatricsMon, 07 Jul 2014 13:17:48 EDTnews323957851One in six adolescents in the ER has experienced dating violenceOf adolescents visiting the emergency department for any reason, one in five girls and one in eight boys reported dating violence in the past year. According to a study published online Monday in Annals of Emergency Medicine, dating violence among adolescents was also strongly associated with alcohol, illicit drug use and depression.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-07-adolescents-er-experienced-dating-violence.html
HealthWed, 02 Jul 2014 09:05:45 EDTnews323510715RI Hospital physician: Legalizing medical marijuana doesn't increase use among adolescentsParents and physicians concerned about an increase in adolescents' marijuana use following the legalization of medical marijuana can breathe a sigh of relief. According to a new study at Rhode Island Hospital which compared 20 years worth of data from states with and without medical marijuana laws, legalizing the drug did not lead to increased use among adolescents. The study is published online in advance of print in the Journal of Adolescent Health.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-04-ri-hospital-physician-legalizing-medical.html
HealthWed, 23 Apr 2014 11:50:02 EDTnews317471234Unaccompanied teens often unable to get needed vaccinesHealth care providers report that older teens often go to the doctor without a parent or guardian, a new survey in the Journal of Adolescent Health reveals—and those teens may not get necessary vaccinations because there's no parent or guardian present to give consent.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-10-unaccompanied-teens-unable-vaccines.html
HealthWed, 09 Oct 2013 09:40:01 EDTnews300528885Higher calorie diets increase weight gain, shorten hospital stays for teens with anorexiaHigher calorie diets produce twice the rate of weight gain compared to the lower calorie diets that currently are recommended for adolescents hospitalized with anorexia nervosa, according to a study by researchers at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-higher-calorie-diets-weight-gain.html
HealthFri, 20 Sep 2013 12:06:22 EDTnews298897565Friends' Facebook, Myspace photos affect risky behavior among teensTeenagers who see friends smoking and drinking alcohol in photographs posted on Facebook and Myspace are more likely to smoke and drink themselves, according to a new study from the University of Southern California (USC).http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-09-friends-facebook-myspace-photos-affect.html
HealthTue, 03 Sep 2013 00:10:01 EDTnews297345915Task Force recommends that physicians counsel youth against tobacco useThe United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care clinicians provide interventions, including education or brief counseling, to prevent initiation of tobacco use in school-aged children and adolescents. This recommendation statement is being jointly published in the peer-reviewed medical journals Annals of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-08-task-physicians-youth-tobacco.html
PediatricsMon, 26 Aug 2013 04:00:01 EDTnews296707762Self-defense training for Kenyan girls reduces rape, study findsRape is shockingly common in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya, where as many as one in four adolescent girls are raped each year. But a short self-defense course can dramatically reduce the girls' vulnerability to sexual assault, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and an organization called No Means No Worldwide.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-self-defense-kenyan-girls-rape.html
HealthWed, 12 Jun 2013 08:48:16 EDTnews290245688Bone mineral density tx can be effective for young CF patients(HealthDay)—For children and young adults with cystic fibrosis, adequate calcium intake plus calcifediol can improve bone mineral density, while alendronate can increase bone mineral density for some non-responders, according to a study published online June 2 in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-bone-mineral-density-tx-effective.html
Diseases, Conditions, SyndromesTue, 04 Jun 2013 05:04:53 EDTnews289541087National review: Non-adherence among teenage heart transplant recipients is widespread, often fatalAfter receiving an organ transplant, patients must follow a regimented medication routine to maintain the health of their graft (transplanted organ). Failure to do so, known as non-adherence (NA), can result in life-threatening illness. NA has long been a concern among adolescent patients, but a new study from Boston Children's Hospital demonstrates the problem may be more serious than previously understood.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-06-national-non-adherence-teenage-heart-transplant.html
HealthTue, 04 Jun 2013 00:20:01 EDTnews289502253Father absence in early childhood linked to depression in adolescent girls(Medical Xpress)—New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol shows that girls whose fathers were absent during the first five years of life were more likely to develop depressive symptoms in adolescence than girls whose fathers left when they were aged five to ten years or than boys in both age groups (0-5 and 5-10), even after a range of factors was taken into account.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-father-absence-early-childhood-linked.html
Psychology & PsychiatryWed, 15 May 2013 08:40:02 EDTnews287823001When teen dating turns abusive and violent(HealthDay)—When teens start dating, parents' worries grow—and experts say that dating violence should be on their list of concerns.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teen-dating-abusive-violent.html
PediatricsFri, 10 May 2013 12:46:19 EDTnews287408770Promising strategies to reduce use of indoor tanning devices and prevent skin cancerPreventing skin cancer by reducing use of indoor tanning devices requires a coordinated approach at the national, state, and local levels suggests a pair of papers by CDC authors in a special theme issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Evidence has shown that use of indoor tanning devices increases the risk of developing skin cancer, including melanoma, and these papers discuss approaches that could help reduce use of indoor tanning devices and prevent future incidence of skin cancers.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-strategies-indoor-tanning-devices-skin.html
HealthTue, 07 May 2013 00:00:05 EDTnews287076765Teens with high blood pressure have less distress, better quality of lifeTeenagers with high blood pressure appear to have better psychological adjustment and enjoy higher quality of life than those with normal blood pressure, suggests a study in the May issue of Psychosomatic Medicine: Journal of Biobehavioral Medicine, the official journal of the American Psychosomatic Society.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-teens-high-blood-pressure-distress.html
HealthFri, 03 May 2013 13:03:20 EDTnews286804896Newly discovered human fat cell opens up new opportunities for future treatment of obesityThe body's brown fat cells play a key role in the development of obesity and diabetes. Researchers at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have now discovered that we humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not one kind as previously thought. This discovery, now published in Nature Medicine, opens up new opportunities for future medicines that exploit the brown fat cells' ability to consume calories.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-newly-human-fat-cell-opportunities.html
Medical researchThu, 02 May 2013 07:30:01 EDTnews286695486Coaching Boys into Men program proves effective in preventing teen dating violence, follow-up study findsCoaching Boys into Men (CBIM), a program that seeks to reduce dating violence and sexual assault, is proven effective to reduce abusive behaviors among male athletes toward their female partners, according to a study that will appear today in the online version of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-boys-men-effective-teen-dating.html
HealthWed, 01 May 2013 09:17:01 EDTnews286618616Teen girls less successful than boys at quitting meth, pilot study saysA UCLA-led study of adolescents receiving treatment for methamphetamine dependence has found that girls are more likely to continue using the drug during treatment than boys, suggesting that new approaches are needed for treating meth abuse among teen girls.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teen-girls-successful-boys-meth.html
AddictionTue, 30 Apr 2013 17:35:36 EDTnews286562129Sexually explicit material affects behavior in young people less than thoughtViewing sexually explicit material through media such as the Internet, videos, and magazines may be directly linked with the sexual behavior of adolescents and young adults, but only to a very small extent. That is the conclusion of a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. The findings suggest that the practice is just one of many factors that may influence the sexual behaviors of young people.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-sexually-explicit-material-affects-behavior.html
HealthThu, 25 Apr 2013 00:00:01 EDTnews286045139Teenage smoking behavior influenced by friends' and parents' smoking habitsThe company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published research from the University of Southern California (USC).http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-teenage-behavior-friends-parents-habits.html
HealthFri, 12 Apr 2013 11:40:00 EDTnews284985593Study suggests federal guidelines for treating teen PID need clarificationA Johns Hopkins Children's Center survey of 102 clinicians who treat teenage girls with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) has found that official guidelines designed to inform decisions about hospitalization versus outpatient care leave some clinicians scratching their heads.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-federal-guidelines-teen-pid-clarification.html
Inflammatory disordersTue, 09 Apr 2013 16:49:28 EDTnews284744962Vermont's health care reform has lessons for other statesVermont's aggressive health care reform initiatives can serve as a roadmap for other states, according to a Master of Public Health candidate at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). The paper, "Lessons from Vermont's Health Care Reform," will appear tomorrow in the New England Journal of Medicine.http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-vermont-health-reform-lessons-states.html
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